From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>
Cc: kusmabite@gmail.com, JT Olds <jtolds@xnet5.com>,
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:18:59 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=3Z5Wnh_s3S10fDn26dypbt9aG93nOKan_8c4d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D3077FE.9090407@spacetec.no>
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> wrote:
> On 14/01/2011 17:13, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
>
>> I think Tor pointed out that he knew a swede with his full legal name
>> to be only one letter long. I would suppose that meant that he didn't
>> have a surename?
>
> Exactly. He didn't. Bank printouts etc. would only have that single
> letter, he didn't use a nickname - that letter was his legal name.
>
> As for the rest of the world - I don't think the first name/last name combo
> (almost) everyone in the west use is necessarily a universal rule.
Quite frankly, I'd suggest that person then use "The letter 'G'" as
his/her git name.
git names aren't "legal names". They are for informational purposes.
And a single letter just isn't informational.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-14 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-12 16:15 Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME JT Olds
2011-01-12 18:21 ` Jeff King
2011-01-13 17:00 ` JT Olds
2011-01-13 17:11 ` JT Olds
2011-01-13 17:47 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-13 17:52 ` JT Olds
2011-01-13 18:20 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-14 8:45 ` Tor Arntsen
2011-01-14 8:56 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-14 9:24 ` Tor Arntsen
2011-01-14 9:53 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-14 14:51 ` JT Olds
2011-01-14 15:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-01-14 16:13 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-14 16:21 ` Jeff King
2011-01-14 16:30 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-14 16:33 ` Jeff King
2011-01-14 18:02 ` Jay Soffian
2011-01-14 18:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-14 20:07 ` Jeff King
2011-01-14 22:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-17 22:21 ` Jeff King
2011-01-17 22:29 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-18 3:55 ` JT Olds
2011-01-19 1:33 ` Jay Soffian
[not found] ` <AANLkTimZF+r2aNzrXsUuHVZR65N5wpOYLutFgGAGoci_@m ail.gmail.com>
2011-01-14 16:21 ` Tor Arntsen
2011-01-14 16:26 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-14 17:18 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2011-01-14 9:55 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2011-01-13 18:47 ` Jeff King
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